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Committee advances SB 86 to protect privacy and collect data for firearm safe-harbor program
Summary
SB 86, which clarifies that law-enforcement-held voluntary safe-harbor firearm records are protected and establishes aggregate data collection, passed the committee unanimously; law enforcement witnesses urged protections for participants and noted storage capacity challenges in rural agencies.
SALT LAKE CITY — The House Public Utilities and Energy Standing Committee voted unanimously to pass SB 86, the firearm safe-harbor amendments, after testimony from the bill sponsor and law enforcement advocates describing program benefits and operational challenges.
Senator Wilson, the sponsor, said the bill clarifies the records status for firearms temporarily held by law enforcement when a household experiences a mental-health crisis and establishes a data-collection mechanism so the…
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